Kobi Michael

Editorial Advisory Panel

Professor Kobi Michael is a professor of conflict resolution and strategy at Ariel University and Senior Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS). Until recently he served as the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs at the Office of the Prime Minister (Israel).

His scholarly focus is principally on the strategic decision-making process derived from the dialogue and interaction between the military and political echelons — strategic aspects of civil-military relations. Professor Michael has previously served as a senior advisor on the Israeli National Security Council and 23 years as a senior officer in IDF Intelligence. He was among the founders and the commanders of the Israeli-Palestinian security coordination apparatuses in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, following the "Oslo" Agreement.

He is a recipient of the Tshetshik Prize (2005) for the best research on Israeli National Security, 2006 Itzhak Sade Prize for military literature for a book in which he contributed three chapters and the Yariv Award (2002) for the best research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Recently, he received the Israeli Political Science Association’s prize for the best book of the year (2008-9) Between Militarism and Statesmanship in Israel (Tel-Aviv University Press, 2008). His recent book, The Transformation of the World of War and Peace Support Operations was published by PSI in March 2009.

Dr. Michael has published and edited seven books and published more than 50 articles, monographs and book chapters regarding a variety of topics in his academic and professional expertise.

3. Kobi Michael and Amnon Ramon (2004). A Fence around Jerusalem – The Construction of the Security Fence ("Separation Fence") Around Jerusalem – General Background and Implications for the City and its Metropolitan Area, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (Hebrew and English 112 pages).

1. Kobi Michael, David Kellen and Eyal Ben-Ari. The Transformations in the World of War and Peace Support Operations, Praeger Security International (PSI – Greenwood Publication Group USA) 2009 (218 pages).

3. Kobi Michael and David Kellen. Stabilizing the Israeli-Palestinian Bi-level conflict Zone - Considerations for a Multinational Peace Support Operation (co-editing with David Kellen). The Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2007 (191 pages).

3. Kobi Michael and Eyal Ben-Ari (2009). "Wars and Peace Support Operations in the Contemporary World: Conceptual Clarifications and Suggestions," in Transformations in the World of Warfare and Peace Support Operations, edited by Kobi Michael, David Kellen and Eyal Ben-Ari, Praeger Security International (PSI), pp. 1-20.

5. Kobi Michael and David Kellen (2009). "Peacekeeping and Cultural Intelligence," in Transformations in the World of Warfare and Peace Support Operations, edited by Kobi Michael, David Kellen and Eyal Ben-Ari, Praeger Security International (PSI), pp. 260-287.

7. Kobi Michael (2008). כשהרשות מרכינה ראש בפני סמכות הידע "When the Authority Bends in front of the Source of Knowledge", in An Army that Has A State? New Approaches to Civil-Security Relations in Israel, edited by Gabi Shefer, Oren Barak, and Amiram Oren, Carmel Publication, Jerusalem, pp. 121-146.

9. Kobi Michael (2007). “Doing the Right Thing the Right WAY; The Challenges of Military Mission Effectiveness in Peace Support Operations in a “War Amongst the People” Theater,” in Cees, M. Coops and Szvircsev Tibor Tresch (eds.) Cultural Challenges in Military Operations. NATO Defense College, Research Division, Rome, pp. 254-263.

10. Kobi Michael and David Kellen (2007). "International Intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian Bi-Level Conflict Zone: What Went Wrong and What Can be Done," in Kobi Michael and David Kellen (eds.), Stabilizing the Israeli-Palestinian Bi-level conflict Zone - Considerations for a Multinational Peace Support Operation, The Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, pp. 18-39.

12. Kobi Michael (2007). “The Interaction between the Military Echelon and the Political Echelon in the Management of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation,” in Yaacov Bar Siman-Tov (ed.), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Conflict Resolution To Conflict Management, Palgrave-Macmillan, New York, pp. 101-132.

12. Kobi Michael and David Kellen. Israeli-Palestinian Bi-level Conflict Zone and Its Implications for International Intervention: What Went Wrong and What Can be Done? The Pearson Papers - Measures of Effectiveness: Peace Operations and Beyond, Vol. 10, Issue 1, May 2007, pp. 60-90.

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